goderhele
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- goder-hele, godur hele, gooderhele
- (Northern) godderhail, goderhale, godirhaile, goderhayll
- (early) godere hele, goderheale, godreheale
Etymology[edit]
Probably from an unrecorded Old English *gōdre hǣlu, calquing Old Norse góðu heilli (“fortunately”), thus equivalent to good + -er + hele (“health”). The last element is often replaced with its synonym heil in Northern Middle English.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
goderhele (uncountable)
Adverb[edit]
goderhele
- (Northern, rare) Fortuitously, luckily.
Interjection[edit]
goderhele
References[edit]
- “nighter-tāle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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